Transfer-ticket.



No. 763,292. PATENTBD JUNE 21 1904. w. KLEIN, Jn.

TRANSFER TICKET.

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UNITED STATES Patented J' une 21, 1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

TRANSFER-TICKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 763,292,` dated June21, '41904;`

Application tiled September 16, 1902'. Serial No. 123,670. (No nvodel.)

` To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, I/VILLIAM KLEIN, Jr., a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, county of .Kings, and cityand State of'New York, have invented an Improved Transfer-Ticket for Usein Street- Railways, of which the following is a specification.

My ticket is particularly designed and adapted for use in transferringpassengers from one line of cars to intersecting lines, and for thispurpose the ticket is composed of a body or main portion and attachedcoupons having the peculiarities hereinafter described.

The accompanying drawing represents my improved ticket.

A indicates the body or main portion of the ticket, and B a series ofcoupons connected with each other and with the part A. In practice theseveral parts A andB are joined along lines c, which are weakened byperforations or otherwise in a well-known manner. The part A is ruled innarrow columns on each side of a broader central column or space. All ofthese columns are placed parallel and longitudinally of the part A. Intwo of the side columns are arranged the numerals 17 to 31, indicatingthe days of a month, the nu- .merals' "1 to 16 being in the column onthe left and the numerals 17 to 31 being in the column on the right. Onthe left of cach numeral-column is the time-symbol A. M., and on theright of such column is the time-symbol B M. As shown, thesetime-symbols occupy columns or spaces which are parallel to those inwhich the numerals are inscribed. In the central space or column is adial which is marked to indicate the cardinal points of the compasstowit, Nortin South, Eastf and VVesW-and arrows are placed in the centerof the dial and point to these words, as shown. Also within such centralspace is a symbol or numeral designating the particular group or classto which the ticket belongs,and the coupons are similarly marked. Inthis instance the symbol is B 1410. In the said central space is alsothis legend: This transfers to cars in directions punched only. On eachof the coupons B, in addition to the designating numeral or symbol, is

a dial similar in essentials to that inscribed on the body A of theticket. Each coupon also bears the legend Not good if detached.

The purpose of my ticket is to prevent a passenger from riding in acircuit on the cars of any street-railway system, and it is an effectivecheck against this. To illustrate its use, suppose a passenger take anorth-bound car and after paying his fare he wishes to transfer toanother intersecting line going east. He then receives thetransfer-ticket substantially as shown in the drawing, and the conductorpunches the main ticket directly under the word North Each conductorpunches the ticket in the direction in which the passenger is travelingand at the same time takes up his coupon. The passenger havingtransferred to the east-bound line and wishing to transfer to asouth-bound line, the conductor on the east-bound line will punch underthe word East, and similarly if the passenger desires to again transferfrom south-bound to west-bound train the same transaction takesplace-that is to say, the ticket being again punched Linder the wordSouth and another coupon taken up. It is thus possible for a passengerto be transferred as many times as the rules of the company or companieswill permit; but he cannot again ride on the same north-bound car asbefore. Hence he cannot make a circuit or ride twice over the same lineor section of the line on the one fare. The bodyA of the transfer-ticketand the coupon B being numbered alike, the conductor receiving atransfer-ticket with only one coupon detached after the lasttransfer-point has been passed cannot detach the balance and turn themin as separate transfers in place of cash fares received, sincelike-numbered coupons, whether detached or in a strip, represent onlyone transferred passenger. If the transfer-ticket is given in theafternoon, say the seventh day of the month, the conductor punches theticket A in the B M. column directly opposite the numeral 7. On theother hand, if the time be the forenoon, the conductor would punch inthe A. M. column opposite the numeral 7. The day of the month and thedivision of the day (forenoon or afternoon) are IOO indicated by asingle punch. It will be further seen that the arrangement oi' thenumeral-columns and the A M. and Puh/V. columns parallel and adjacent tothe sides of the ticket A enable the conductor to punch a ticket withthe greatest ease and rapidity, for not only are the columns easilyaccessible to the punch, which may be slid along the side of the ticket,but the arrangement is such that the exact point to be punched may beeasily perceived Without exercising special care.

What I claim is- 1. The improved transfer-ticket composed 'of a seriesof connected coupons and a main or body portion all having the samedistin guishing-n umeral, the said main portion having parallel sidecolumns consisting' of numerals l to 31, inclusive, indicating the daysoi' amonth, parallel columns on opposite sides of the numerals anddesignated by the time- Symbols A. M. ant R M., respectively, and acentral space between said numeral-columns which contains a dial markedwith the cardinal points of the compass, as shown and described.

2. The improved coupon transfer-ticket comprising the ticket properbearing the numerals l to 31 indicating days of a month, and symbolsarranged adjacently for indicating forenoon and afternoon, also thelegend l"This transfers to cars in directions punched only, the saidticket having a dial with the cardinal points of the compass indicatedthereon, and both the ticket proper and the coupons having a likenumeral or symbol indicating that the ticket and coupons are parts ofone and the same composite ticket,l as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to the specification in thepresence of twol subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM KLEIN, JR.

Witnesses:

IsAAo S. RnMsoN, JOHN H. C. SEEDORFF.

